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Jan. 31, 2020
Digital Directorate sets new pace for Phase II SBIR awards

The Digital Directorate here recently employed an innovative approach to rapidly award seven Phase II Small Business Innovative Research Program, or SBIR, contracts, enabling startup recipients to advance technologies presented at two 2019 pitch days.
Jan. 30, 2020
Behind the scenes

For one Airman, the Air Force offered an opportunity to attain a higher education. What he did not expect was the in-person schooling on leadership he receives each day as the enlisted aide at the Air Force Materiel Command.
Jan. 30, 2020
AFMC, ACC expand weapons system collaboration

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command and Gen. Mike Holmes, commander, Air Combat Command, signed a memorandum of agreement establishing the Lead Wing Collaboration Program during the Technology and Acquisition Sustainment Review Conference, Jan. 29 at Joint Base
Jan. 29, 2020
Edwards 'Makerspace' augments STEM education

The 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base introduced its first TechEd High School Makerspace specifically geared for students during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Edwards AFB, January 29.
Jan. 29, 2020
AFRL, partners develop innovative tools to accelerate composites certification at new materials research facility

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In partnership with industry, a team of Air Force Research Laboratory/Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) personnel are developing the capability to accelerate certification of advanced manufactured composite structures.The Materials Solutions
Jan. 29, 2020
AFRL Sensors Directorate hosts design challenge, sparks technology advances

DAYTON, Ohio – For today’s warfighters, advances in technology are the key to remaining competitive. Design challenges generate competitiveness between teams that create cutting-edge products with real-world application. The Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate and Wright Brothers
Jan. 29, 2020
Air Force Research Laboratory satellite departing International Space Station

An Air Force Research Laboratory satellite, called the Very Low Frequency Propagation Mapper, or VPM, will be released from the International Space Station Jan. 31.
Jan. 29, 2020
Want to vote? The Federal Voting Assistance Program can help

The Federal Voting Assistance Program resources are designed to assist any service member, voting age dependent and overseas citizens with voting, so long as they are absent from their voting jurisdiction.
Jan. 29, 2020
573rd CMXS keeps aircraft parts in supply at Robins, worldwide to keep mission in air

Mechanics, machinists, plastic workers and more make up the more than 200-member team responsible for supporting weapon systems and manufacturing of parts on the F-15, C-5, C-17 and C-130 aircraft. Additionally, the squadron supports the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft
Jan. 29, 2020
Combatting hypoxia: Robins flight prepares aircrews to recognize signs

At Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, the Aerospace and Operational Physiology Training Flight with the 461st Operations Support Squadron trains aircrew members on the dangers of hypoxia in a safe environment using a Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device.
Jan. 28, 2020
State of Life Cycle Management Center address slated for 10 Feb

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Commander Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry will be presenting a state of the center address during a luncheon sponsored by the Lexington-Concord Chapter of AFCEA Feb. 10. The event will start at 11:30 a.m. at the Burlington (Massachusetts) Marriot, One
Jan. 28, 2020
AFRL Researchers Honored by SPIE Society

Recently SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, welcomed 72 new Fellows of the society, including the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Drs. Wellesley Pereira and Christopher Wilcox.
Jan. 28, 2020
C-17 fleet Completes Block 21 Upgrade

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – A team under the direction of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) C-17 Program Office completed Block 21 upgrades on the entire fleet of 275 C-17 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force and eight allied countries, meeting the Jan. 1, 2020 mandate
Jan. 28, 2020
AFRL and Blue Origin partner on test site for BE-7 lunar lander engine development

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin are developing a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine at the AFRL rocket lab here.Capital improvements, funded by Blue Origin, will allow BE-7 testing in a simulated space-like environment.
Jan. 27, 2020
New bill eases military member, spouse licensure

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Employment opportunities for military members and their spouses received a boost Jan. 27 from a bill signed by Gov. Mike DeWine during a ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Senate Bill 7 mandates

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